Description: The SOA launched the Actuarial Innovation & Technology Strategic Research Program earlier this year, focusing on projects in which technology is being used in actuarial work. The presenters will highlight reports from the program including a review of the Top Actuarial Technologies of 2019, the growing use of cloud computing and its impact on furthering and deepening actuarial analyses, and the growing innovative approaches using non-traditional data sources for risk selection and segmentation and its intersection with industry regulation. An overview of this new SOA research initiative and key findings from recently released reports will be covered.

Description: This session lays the foundation for understanding the current workplace landscape and expected changes over the next generation, including the new gig economy. The material will provide an understanding of the relationship between the workplace and insurance, beginning with a macro view of the job market of the future: which jobs are growing, which are shrinking, and which are likely to be completely replaced by technology? The overview includes a brief presentation of Munich Re's research on the changing landscape and the effect on worker well-being and finance.

Description: The Actuarial Innovation and Technology Steering Committee of the Society of Actuaries is sponsoring this competition to encourage contestants to find innovative usages for data visualization software. This contest seeks to give actuaries and non-actuaries the chance to showcase their ability to tell a story by creating data visualizations for one of two standard datasets that have been created for this purpose.

Description: Read the October 2020 issue of Actuarial Technology Today published by the Technology Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: How the speed of change is accelerating and how we could react to this as a profession.

Description: The presenters will address innovations in health and wellness designed to mitigate and/or manage mortality risk. The presenters will briefly review the latest research on the leading causes of death and share ways that life insurers and insurtech partnerships are using technology, customer engagement and scientific advances to enhance/extend the lives of policyholders. The presenters will draw from industry research and reinsurer studies and from the latest initiatives in health and wellness innovations.

Description: Most actuaries deal with model development at some point in their career. However, very few of us have proper training in programming, software engineering or software shop operations. Explore topics, techniques, and practices from the FinTech and IT industries that can be applied to building robust, high-quality actuarial models. This session will be of particular interest to actuaries engaged in 'in-house' model development, managers of modeling teams, and actuaries interested in software development.

Description: Machine learning models have many practical applications in the world of insurance. These applications are well documented and most actuaries, at least at a high level, are familiar with these concepts. The presenters will take this one step further and provide an introduction to the theoretical formulas and real-world considerations that make machine learning models possible.

Description: The article discusses the use of R in prototyping automation procedures. It offers general pros and cons for R and walks through a specific use case, which involves scraping and summarizing data stored in Microsoft Excel.

Description: To remain relevant, insurers need to understand and adapt to changing consumer behaviors. There is no doubt about it, millennials have different expectations around searching, buying and servicing, and insurance is no exception! Come hear from four different insurance startups who are designing solutions for this future generation of insurance buyers, followed by a panel discussion with the opportunity to ask questions. You'll learn and perhaps even be inspired to propose solutions in your own company. You may even start calling yourself a Millenial Maven too!